Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 475: How long can Evergrande last?
#Sisters Who Make Waves Group Night#
#List of members#
#Sisters Who Make Waves crashed on stage#
#Ning Jing I won first place and don’t want to form a group#
#Wanqian likes Ningjing's negative comments#
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"Tsk, tsk."

Meng Bai flipped through Weibo's hot search list and praised it repeatedly: "It's only because Weibo just made changes a few months ago, otherwise we would have monopolized the hot search list today."

Chen Zhixi, who was sitting opposite, leaned back on the sofa, put one hand on his forehead, and said in a tired tone: "Don't mention the content of "Sisters Who Make Waves" to me today. I'm so tired these days that I'm about to die of sudden death."

She is adept at being a film producer, but this is her first time as a producer of a variety show. Moreover, she starts with a project like "30+ Girl Group Audition". You can imagine how difficult it is.

As the most popular variety show this summer, Sisters Who Make Waves has been on the hot search list every now and then during its broadcast. As the chief producer, Chen Zhixi has to deal with the quarrels among the show's members, handle various problems of the show itself, and resolve external public opinion...

"Next time, the producers of this kind of talent show can let anyone do what they want. I'll just focus on my movie." Chen Zhixi sighed, rubbing his brows.

Meng Bai smiled: "But at least the results are still good. I just looked at the report of the operation department two days ago. The number of paying users on the platform has exceeded 3000 million."

"As of today's latest figures, it is now 3120 million."

Speaking of this, Chen Zhixi finally regained some spirit and said with satisfaction: "Among the current domestic streaming platforms, the three major ones all have over 4000 million paying users. Next is Mango TV with around million, and then it's us."

Six or seven years ago, when Meng Bai was still a new screenwriter, the domestic video platform market was a "melee".

However, a few years later, Leshi.com, which was once the most popular, was delisted, Sohu Video is also struggling to survive, and companies such as 56 and PPTV have also been lost in time in rounds of shuffling and acquisitions.

Now, apart from the three major ones of Qiyi TV, Tencent Video and Youku, there are only two up-and-coming ones, Mango TV and Heng Video.

"It's not just the website's data. The program itself and the subsequent revenue are also very good at the moment." Chen Zhixi said.

After the end of "Sisters Who Make Waves", the limited group formed will be operated by Lehua Entertainment, and there will be several music variety shows and group variety shows in the future.

Thanks to the phenomenal popularity of the feature film, the work of the investment promotion departments for the subsequent program planning is very easy. They don’t need to do anything, and various brands will come to them to cooperate.

It can be said that with just one TV series "Sisters Who Make Waves", Heng Video has basically made back all the money it spent on the show, and this does not even take into account the boost to the company's stock price.

With this kind of performance, the second season is a foregone conclusion. Heng Video has already set up a special studio and started planning the next season of Sisters Who Make Waves.

"Now there is a problem." Chen Zhixi said: "The first season was recorded on a temporary stage because the platform was just established. But if we want to make it into a series, including other similar indoor variety shows, the platform needs a recording base similar to the satellite TV center."

Meng Bai nodded: "I have thought about this question before. The platform does need a professional production center. But you have to talk to Zhou Cheng about this. After all, he is the president of the company. And the construction will definitely require Evergrande's help, and he will also be responsible for communication."

Chen Zhixi frowned when he heard this: "I mentioned this to him a few days ago, and he was quite supportive at first. But after communicating with Evergrande, he seemed to be a little hesitant again."

Meng Bai raised his eyebrows: "Why, Evergrande is unwilling?"

"Not really, I just want to think about it more."

At this point, Chen Zhixi lowered his voice and said, "According to rumors, I heard that due to the flu, Evergrande's debt risk has been increasing over the past six months, and there seem to be some problems with funds."

"It is definitely affected. All real estate companies have had a hard time in the past six months, including Wanda."

Meng Bai was not surprised at all. "Evergrande's debt is Evergrande's business. It has nothing to do with us. The production center needs to be built. I will talk to Zhou Cheng with Mr. Ke later. We should do our own thing."

"You can't say that. If something really happens to Evergrande, it will have some impact on us." Chen Zhixi said with a strange excitement. "If something really happens to Evergrande, will they think about selling shares to raise funds? Heng Teng's current market value is not bad, and it can be regarded as a high-quality asset."

Meng Bai stroked his chin and thought, it seemed that this was not impossible.

In addition to its own real estate business, Evergrande also has investments in many other fields, such as Evergrande Sports and Evergrande Ice Spring.

However, most of these investments have failed so far, and the only ones that still have some value are Evergrande Property and Hengten Network.

If one day they really want to "sell shares for money", they will definitely give priority to selling Hengten. After all, the film and television industry is not that relevant to Evergrande's own business.

If Evergrande wants to sell its shares in Hengten Network, it will definitely give priority to contacting existing shareholders, namely Tencent and Yuan Ruyi Pictures.

"Tencent has always only invested money, not managed. As long as we can take most of what Evergrande has invested, then Evergrande and Tencent will be back in our hands." Chen Zhixi said eagerly.

I have to say that Chen Zhixi's idea is indeed correct. However...

"All this has a premise, that is, Evergrande does have problems." Meng Bai said: "No, to be precise, Evergrande has problems for sure, the key is how long they can last."

Hearing this, Chen Zhixi calmed down a bit. That's right, although there are some bad-mouthing opinions about Evergrande in the market, most of them are groundless. No one knows what the actual situation of Evergrande is, but at least it appears to be able to withstand the pressure.

Unless they have secretly saved up a large amount of money, they should have no problem lasting two or three years.

"Anyway, this possibility does exist, and we can prepare in advance." Chen Zhixi looked at Meng Bai with a smile: "Especially in terms of funds, we have to rely on Mr. Meng. Anyway, Lao Ke and I are both poor."

“We’ll talk about it when the time comes. Who knows when the opportunity will come.” Meng Bai laughed. “Let’s focus on the present first. Sister Lang has ended. Will Guardian Blue Mountain take over?”

"Yes, Director Yan Min has already started promoting it." Chen Zhixi said, "In addition to this program, there are several other projects and new dramas that are also being prepared for broadcast recently."

In addition to the channel resources provided by Tencent Video, Heng Video itself does not have much content. So as early as last year when preparing for the platform reform, it had already invested in a number of various types of online drama projects.

After more than half a year, the production has basically been completed and can be broadcast.

Although they are all small productions, far inferior to Arclight's "Retrospective Series", the cost is also low, and the approach is to win by quantity. Who knows if a drama will become a small hit, and the money invested will be recovered.

Of course, the main purpose of this kind of project is to fill the database. If the platform wants to develop, the core still lies in high-level projects like "Sisters Who Make Waves" or the "Tracing Series".

After talking about the work on the platform, the two turned the topic back to movies.

"The promotion of "Famous" has already begun, and we have focused on the investment in short video platforms." Chen Zhixi said: "The theater chain has also confirmed that the preview will start on August 8 and the official release will be on August 14."

"How many screenings are available for the preview?" Meng Bai asked. "The first day's secret key deadline is half an hour, and a total of 6300 screenings are scheduled."

“Not much.”

Meng Bai frowned, but then realized that this was probably due to the flu, which resulted in the restriction of the number of matches.

"What about "Eight Hundred"? How much did they make on the first day?"

"About 7000, a little more than ours." Chen Zhixi said.

"Isn't a one-week preview a bit too long?"

"The cinemas have been closed for more than half a year, and many audiences who were previously trained to watch movies are no longer there. In addition to the impact of the flu, everyone's entertainment budget is not as sufficient as before, and they certainly don't want to waste money. Only by showing the film for a longer time to let everyone know the quality of the film can we attract audiences back to the cinema."

Meng Bai thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.

"But in this case, the pressure of piracy might be a bit too much."

"There will definitely be piracy, and it won't matter if there are two more or fewer days of previews. We can only ask the cinemas to do more supervision. As long as there is no large-scale piracy in the first week after the release, it will be considered very good."
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August 14th, Wanda Cinema in North Beijing CBD.

He Yihe got a ticket from the ticket machine and sat down in a corner. He adjusted his mask and then observed the number of spectators around him while sending WeChat messages on his phone.

【Become famous (3)】

He Yihe: [The impact of the flu doesn’t seem to be that great. I saw quite a lot of people in the cinema.]

Li Yang: [Today is Friday, it’s summer vacation, and no one can leave.]

He Yihe: [So?]

Wang Yitong: [What Yang Ge meant is that many students cannot go back to their hometowns during the summer vacation due to the flu, so they can only stay in Beijing North and have to find a place to play. Plus, today is Friday, so it is normal that there are more people.]

He Yihe: [……]

He looked at the screen and frowned. Brother Yang usually didn't say anything when he needed explanations for his comic scenes, so why did he have to translate this typing now?

Today is the first day of the preview of "Fame and Fame". The three members of their "screenwriter team" specially found three theaters with previews to observe the attendance of the movie.

As the leader of the three-person screenwriter team "Yang Ming Li Wan", He Yihe had high expectations for this film. Although 80% of the final script was revised by Mr. Meng, his name was still listed as the screenwriter.

“Whether I can become famous or not depends on this wave.” He prayed silently in his heart.

After checking the time, He Yihe checked his ticket and entered the theater. However, he did not enter the theater immediately, but stood in the aisle outside and waited for a while.

Hall 3 is showing "Famous", and Hall 5 is showing "Eight Hundred", which happen to be at about the same time, so he plans to see how big the difference is between the audiences on both sides.

"Nineteen, twenty-four; twenty-five; twenty-two, twenty-six; twenty-eight..."

It was not until he heard the familiar dragon logo BGM in the theater that He Yihe walked in quickly.

"We have 22 people here, and The Eight Hundred has 28 people, which is a little less. But this is normal. The most popular person here is the male lead Yin Zheng, and the cast alone is much worse. The only attractions are Mr. Meng's screenwriter and the theme of 'script killing'..."

While looking for his position, he comforted himself in his heart.

But as he thought about it, he couldn't help but start to worry whether his film would be outshined by the next door.

"No, no, you have to trust President Meng. He personally edited the script, so the quality is definitely good. There are only two movies like this during this period, so as long as the reviews are good, the final result will definitely not be bad."

He muttered to himself as the main movie started on the big screen.

A classic Republic of China-style car appeared on the screen and stopped in front of a somewhat dilapidated Western-style hotel. Then, a man with glasses and messy hair got out of the car, looking like a frustrated writer.

He Yihe's ears moved and he heard a girl not far from the front row say to her boyfriend in a faint voice: "No, when I saw Yin Zheng's face, the background music of 'Snowflakes Falling' came to my mind."

Auditory hallucination is a disease, you need to treat it, girl. Also, the theater said that the audience should sit in pairs, so why did you two get together?

He Yihe complained silently.

I looked around the scene and perhaps because the movie had just begun and the plot had not yet entered, the audience had no reaction.

Forget it, it's already come to this, there's no point in worrying so much. Fortunately, this movie doesn't have any big scenes, and the whole movie is almost just a few people chatting and walking around in the room, so the production cost is not high, and it will not lose money if the box office can reach 200 million.

With this in mind, He Yihe turned his attention to the screen. Although he was a screenwriter, this was his first time watching a complete film.

As he watched, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, as expected, it was Boss Meng. The character settings and plot rhythm after the revisions were much better than his original crude inspiration.

In addition, although the leading actors are not very popular, their acting skills are quite good. Even though I know the plot direction and the answers to the puzzles, I still enjoy watching it.

In fact, the game of "script killing" has become popular in the past two years, driven by "The Great Detective". From the super first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to the small counties of the seventh and eighth tiers, various script killing stores have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Although it was interrupted for a long time due to the flu, the promotion process started again with the gradual relaxation.

Not only are the physical stores doing very well, it is said that all major video platforms are also envious of the popularity of "Detective Chinatown" and have begun preparing variety show projects with similar themes.

"I heard President Meng mention it last time. It seems that they are also planning to make a script-killing type variety show. I don't know when it will be available." He Yihe thought to himself, but he still felt that these later programs would probably be difficult to surpass "Detective Chinatown".

Putting aside the show for now, based on the popularity of the game, this "script-killing" themed movie should still attract quite a few viewers.

I wonder what the data of the first day's preview of "Fame and Fame" is like?
(End of this chapter)